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Scoring the DNS Root Server System, Part 2 – A Sixth Star?

Scoring the DNS Root Server System, Part 2 – A Sixth Star?

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Geoff Huston

19 min read

I am taking a second look at the DNS root servers, this time focusing on the ability to handle large UDP responses over IPv6.

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Scoring the DNS Root Server System

Scoring the DNS Root Server System

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Geoff Huston

23 min read

The process of rolling the DNS Root’s Key Signing Key of the DNS has now started. During this process, there will be a period where the root zone servers’ response to a DNS query for the DNSKEY resource record of the root zone will grow from the current value of 864 octets to 1,425 octets. Does thi…

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Internet Access Disruption In The Gambia - 2016

Internet Access Disruption In The Gambia - 2016

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Emile Aben

4 min read

We had a look at various RIPE NCC data sets to see what we can learn from yet another country-wide Internet outage in 2016.

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Impact of IPv4 Transfers on Routing Table Fragmentation

Impact of IPv4 Transfers on Routing Table Fragmentation

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Rene Wilhelm

9 min read

IP address transfers have the potential to create more entries in the routing table for the same amount of address space. We analyse the net effect that four years of IPv4 transfers in the RIPE NCC service region have had on routing table growth and compare this to growth for allocations from which…

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Cybersecurity Due Diligence - an ISP Perspective

Cybersecurity Due Diligence - an ISP Perspective

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Joanna Kulesza

8 min read

Cybersecurity is no longer a corporate or private affair. What once was simply good business practice is now a legal obligation for ISPs, large and small. What does this mean for you?

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Results of the IPv6 Deployment Survey

Results of the IPv6 Deployment Survey

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Jordi Palet Martinez

12 min read

Over the past year, I have been conducting a public survey to better understand how ISPs deploy IPv6. In this post, I will summarise some of the key findings thus far.

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Large BGP Communities - Largely Accepted Now?

Large BGP Communities - Largely Accepted Now?

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Emile Aben

11 min read

Large BGP Communities are an addition to BGP that solves a communication problem between networks that want to use 32-bit AS Numbers. We measured how Large BGP Communities behave "in the wild" and if they create any problems.

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Routing Detours: Can We Avoid Nation-State Surveillance?

Routing Detours: Can We Avoid Nation-State Surveillance?

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Annie Edmundson

6 min read

An increasing number of countries are passing laws that facilitate the mass surveillance of their citizens. In response, governments and citizens are increasingly paying attention to the countries that their Internet traffic traverses. In some cases, countries are taking extreme steps, such as bui…

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IXP Tools Hackathon Results

IXP Tools Hackathon Results

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Vesna Manojlovic

6 min read

The fourth RIPE NCC Hackathon was as fun and productive as the previous three, with even more supporting organisations and participants. This short article aims to express our gratitude to everyone involved and to give a summary of our experiences, while several projects will be described in more d…

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The Death of Transit?

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Geoff Huston

17 min read

Geoff Huston discusses the possible demise of transit services and the rise of content networking.

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